Two lawmakers accuse the online encyclopedia of allowing bad actors to manipulate articles with anti-Israel and pro-Kremlin content that is later scraped and distributed by AI chatbots.
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Two House Republicans are on the hunt for problematic Wikipedia contributors.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer of Kentucky and Cybersecurity Chairwoman Nancy Mace of South Carolina allege there are „organized efforts.to influence US public opinion on important and sensitive topics by manipulating Wikipedia articles.“
The lawmakers are seeking „documents and communications regarding individuals (or specific accounts) serving as Wikipedia volunteer editors who violated Wikipedia platform policies, as well as [Wikipedia’s] efforts to thwart intentional, organized efforts to inject bias into important and sensitive topics“, they wrote to Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander.
